• An exclusive selection on submissions to the 2015 awards are available for publication via press.worldphoto.org
• Open and Youth competitions close 5th January 2015. Professional competition closes 8th January.
• Work by winning and shortlisted photographers will be exhibited as part of the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, Somerset House, London 24th April – 10th May 2015

Sony has released the α7 II (ILCE-7M2), the next in the α7 series of interchangeable-lens models and the world’s first camera with optical 5-axis image stabilization designed for a full-frame image sensor.

In collaboration with Panos Pictures and the World Photography Organisation (WPO), the nine-month social documentary initiative, #FutureofCities was launched in October this year under Sony's Global Imaging Ambassadors program.